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Vasamed (Vasamed) Net Cash per Share : $-1.02 (As of Sep. 2006)


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What is Vasamed Net Cash per Share?

Net Cash per Share is calculated as Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities minus Total Liabilities minus Minority Interest and then divided by Shares Outstanding (EOP). Vasamed's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2006 was $-1.02.

The historical rank and industry rank for Vasamed's Net Cash per Share or its related term are showing as below:

VSMD's Price-to-Net-Cash is not ranked *
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry.
Industry Median: 6.88
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Cash only.

Vasamed Net Cash per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vasamed's Net Cash per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Vasamed Net Cash per Share Chart

Vasamed Annual Data
Trend Dec96 Dec97 Dec98 Dec99 Dec00 Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05
Net Cash per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.77 -0.84 -0.19 -1.30 -0.26

Vasamed Quarterly Data
Dec01 Mar02 Jun02 Sep02 Dec02 Mar03 Jun03 Sep03 Dec03 Mar04 Jun04 Sep04 Dec04 Mar05 Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06
Net Cash per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.05 -0.26 -0.26 -0.61 -1.02

Competitive Comparison of Vasamed's Net Cash per Share

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Vasamed's Price-to-Net-Cash, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Cash data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Vasamed's Price-to-Net-Cash Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Vasamed's Price-to-Net-Cash distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vasamed's Price-to-Net-Cash falls into.



Vasamed Net Cash per Share Calculation

In the calculation of a company's Net Cash per Share, assets other than cash and short term investments are considered to be worth nothing. But the company has to pay its debt and other liabilities in full. This is an extremely conservative way of valuation. Most companies have negative Net Cash per Share. But sometimes a company's price may be lower than its net-cash.

Vasamed's Net Cash per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2005 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (A: Dec. 2005 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0.001-1.005-0)/3.80829
=-0.26

Vasamed's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2006 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (Q: Sep. 2006 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0.625-4.548-0)/3.85506
=-1.02

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Vasamed  (OTCPK:VSMD) Net Cash per Share Explanation

Ben Graham invested in situations where the company's stock price was lower than its net-cash. He assigned some value to the company's other current asset. The value is called Net Current Asset Value (NCAV). One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.

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Vasamed (Vasamed) Business Description

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Address
7615 Golden Triangle Drive, Suite A, Eden Prairie, MN, USA, 55344-3733
Vasamed Inc develops, manufactures and markets low-cost, non-invasive peripheral and cardiovascular diagnostic systems for hemodynamic assessment.

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